Definition von browbeat

Häufigkeit

browbeat

(braʊbiːt)

Wortformen:3rd person singular present
tense browbeats, present participle browbeating, past participle browbeatenlanguage note: The form browbeat is used in the present tense and is also the past tense.

Verb

If someone tries to browbeat you, they try to force you to do what they want.

...attempts to deceive, con, or browbeat the voters. [VERB noun]

When I backed out of the 100 metres, an older kid tried to browbeat me into it. [VERB noun + into]

Beispielsätze, die browbeat enthalten

How can you believe that the Wall was blown up deliberately by the Western authorities in order to browbeat us in the arms negotiations?Dobbs, Michael WALL GAMES (1996)Eve had to call Barker's Electronics in Torrington and browbeat them into delivering a new one tomorrow.Wood, Bari DOLL'S EYES (1996)